COMMON CHINA

A selection of photographs by Kirsten C. Springer and sculptures by Liz Lessner opens Friday, October 12, 2007 at 3rd Ward

Exhibition Dates: October 12 - October 31, 2007
Exhibition Location: 3rd Ward 195 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Common China talks about status and sex, taboo and display, advertising and commerce, and most of all fantasy and desire. Both Lessner and Springer frame this dialogue in terms of voyeurism but approach different aspects of what happens when we view images of desire - Lessner's sculptures probe the limits of our culture's socially endorsed depictions of desire while Springer's photographs examine the commerce of self-display. Together these masturbatory works explore the fault lines in our culture's enthusiastic relationship to images of desire.

The opening reception for Common China takes place 7 - 10 p.m. on Friday, October 12th at 3rd Ward located at 195 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. For more information please call at 718.715.4961 or visit www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org.